Maddie Musselman

Maddie Musselman
Personal information
Full name	Madeline Musselman
Born	(1998-06-16) June 16, 1998 (age 26) Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	143 lb (65 kg)
Position	Attacker
College(s)	UCLA Bruins
National team
Years	Team
	United States
Medal record Women's water polo Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2020 Tokyo Team World Championships 2015 Kazan Team 2017 Budapest Team 2019 Gwangju Team 2022 Budapest Team 2024 Doha Team World Cup 2023 Long Beach World League 2017 Shanghai 2019 Budapest 2021 Athens Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Team 2019 Lima Team

Madeline Musselman (/ˈmʌsəlmən/ MUSS-əl-mən; born June 16, 1998)^[1] is an American water polo player.^[2] Maddie was named Woman's water polo MVP after her USA Team won gold in Tokyo at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was one of the highest leading scorers with 18 goals. It is the fourth time in her career that she has been named the MVP of a major international tournament as she was named the MVP of the FINA World League Super Final in 2019 and again in 2021. She was also named the MVP of the FINA World Championships in 2017 where Team USA won gold; scored 16 goals in six games, including hat trick in 13–6 final-round win over Spain.^[3] Additionally, the four-time First-Team All-American, at UCLA, was also named the 2021 and 2022 Women's Total Player of the Year by (Total Waterpolo).

Maddie was also part of the gold medal-winning American team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[4] She was the second-leading goal scorer of the US team in the event with 12 goals and named to the Olympic All-Star Team.^[5]

Musselman won gold with Team USA at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia,^[6] and at the Pan American Games in Toronto.^[7]

Maddie finished her UCLA career with the most goals scored with 252. She was nominated for the Sullivan and Cutino award in 2022. She was named 2017 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Newcomer of the Year after she won a conference-record seven Newcomer of the Week awards.^[5]

Personal life

Musselman is the daughter of former Major League Baseball pitcher Jeff Musselman.^[8]

In 2023, Musselman married UCLA Water Polo alumnus and open water swimmer, Patrick Woepse in a private ceremony in Newport Beach, California. Leading up to the Olympics, Woepse was diagnosed with a rare lung cancer which Musselman cited as a source for motivation to compete in the Paris Olympics.^[9][10]

Awards

• Water polo at the 2017 FINA World Championships – Women's tournament: Tournament MVP^[11]
• Water polo at the 2022 FINA World Championships – Women's tournament: Most Valuable Player in Final^[12]

See also

• United States women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of Olympic champions in women's water polo
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
• List of world champions in women's water polo
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

References

1. "MUSSELMAN Maddie". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
2. "U.S. women's water polo attacker Maddie Musselman is just doing what runs in the family". ESPN.com. August 15, 2016.
3. "U.S. women's water polo team wins fifth world title". NBCsports.com. July 28, 2017.
4. "Water Polo, Women's final and bronze matches - US retain title, their reign is unchallenged". FINA.org. August 19, 2016.
5. "Musselman - Dream Big". DailyBruin.com. Michael Hull.
6. "Water Polo Reports - Women, FINALS". FINA.org. August 7, 2015.
7. "Team USA Wins Women's Water Polo Gold In Storied USA-Canada Border Battle". teamUSA.org. July 15, 2015. Archived from the original on December 29, 2015.
8. Cohen, Jay (August 8, 2016). "Mature Musselman fits right in with US women's water polo". Telegram & Gazette. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
9. https://www.today.com/health/disease/maddie-musselman-husband-cancer-rcna164648
10. https://www.today.com/health/essay/olympic-water-polo-maddie-musselman-husband-rcna165529
11. "Day 7 Women's Water Polo: USA rolls Spain for fifth world crown". World Aquatics. July 28, 2017.
12. "Dominant USA water polo women squeeze home against Hungary". World Aquatics. July 2, 2022.

External links

• Maddie Musselman at World Aquatics
• Maddie Musselman at UCLA Bruins
• Maddie Musselman at USA Water Polo
• Maddie Musselman at Team USA (archive June 27, 2023)
• Maddie Musselman at Olympedia (archive)
• Madeline Musselman at Olympics.com